A Meeting on Open Access Publication in Life Sciences

Should scientific information be free for all?
Università degli Studi di Milano, Palazzo Greppi, Sala Napoleonica
Via S.Antonio 10, Milano
June 11th 2007

Morning Session:
Open Access Journals in Life Sciences
While Society has embraced the freedom of communication offered by the Internet, Science appears to be lagging behind. Is there something to hide? Great truths to disguise? Doubts about Society's ability to understand? Vested interests to protect? This conference will debate the Issues
Chairman: Umberto Veronesi
Speakers: Lisa Vozza, J.Gordon McVie, Les Grivell, Laurent Romary, Lucia Monaco, David Hoole, Mark Patterson, Paola Dubini.

Afternoon Session (Round Table and General Discussion)
Will Open Access "open up" science?
Can we afford Open Access to science? Can we afford not to have Open Access?
Chairpersons: Riccardo Brambilla, Chiara Tonelli.

Organising Committee: Riccardo Brambilla, J.Gordon McVie, Chiara Tonelli

Information on the conference on Open Access in LifeSciences (pdf 72kb) [2]

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